Check out the top search trends on Bing this past year

2016 is almost behind us, and Microsoft’s Bing Search engine is preparing you for the new year by providing some nostalgia and looking back on the top searched stories of the year. Since it would appear that Bing’s list is limited to viewing in the US only, we’ve given some of the top searches a look and have included the video below.

Top searched video games:

Grand Theft Auto V

Overwatch

Fallout 4

The Sims 4

Battlefield 1

No Man’s Sky

Quantum Break

FIFA 17

Doom

Dark Souls III

Quantum Break was Bing’s #7 top searched video game of 2016

Top Searched Viral moments:

Ryder Cup heckler

Villanova’s piccolo girl

Powerball

Aston Martin winner

Who’s the mom?

Evgenia Medvedeva

Harambe the gorilla

#DaysoftheWeek

Cats of the Internet

Pokemon Go

Top searched Olympians:

Michael Phelps

Gabby Douglas

Ryan Lochte

Simone Biles

Katie Ledecky

Usain Bolt

J’Den Cox

Hope Solo

Aly Raisman

Missy Franklin

Michael Phelps was Bing’s #1 searched for Olympic Athlete

Top feel good stories:

Cubs win the World Series!

Cam Newton hops fence, tosses football with students

Reykjavik turns off street lamps to view the Northern Lights

Two New York Sisters found a year after they disappeared

Steph Curry continues amazing season

Top searched tech trends:

iPhone 7

Self- Driving Teslas

Nod to Shop

4-inch iPhone

SoundCloud

Autopilot

‘Textalyzer’

HoloLens

Snapchat Spectacles

Affordable Tesla

HoloLens was Bing’s #8 top searched tech trend this year

Other areas covered in Bing’s 2016 most searched stories include: those who we lost, top searched animated TV shows, top searched strange but true stories, top searched celebrities, top searched web creators, and top anticipated movies of 2017.

If you missed out on any of these moments in 2016, you can head over to Bing now and search away! If you live in the US, you will even earn Microsoft Points for the searches! As always, please do let us know your thoughts on these most searches stories of 2016! Which was your favorite search? Let us know what you think!